INCE v. ROCKEFELLER

No. 68 Civil 1281.

290 F.Supp. 878 (1968)

Frances INCE, Dorothy Miles and William J. May, jointly and severally on their own behalf and on behalf of all other citizens of the County of Queens, State of New York and particularly citizens residing in East Elmhurst, who are similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Nelson A. ROCKEFELLER, as Governor of the State of New York, Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney General of the State of New York, John P. Lomenzo, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, Malcolm Wilson, as Lt. Governor of the State of New York and Presiding Officer of the Senate of the State of New York and Anthony J. Travia, as Speaker and Presiding Officer of the Assembly of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedmann & Fischman, New York City, for plaintiffs, William D. Friedmann, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., New York City, for defendants, George D. Zuckerman, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

Defendants, New York State executive and legislative officials, move to dismiss the complaint herein for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and legal insufficiency of the claim. Rules 12(b) (1) and (6), F.R.Civ.P.

This is a class action brought by three qualified voters who reside in East Elmhurst, one of 44 recognized communities in Queens County. (Tauber and Kaplan, The New York City Handbook, 1968). Plaintiffs...

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